New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Phyliss Miranda, a native Texan, lives in the Texas Panhandle with her husband Bob. With plans to write a cookbook, she took her first creative writing class in 2001. One of her favorite parts of being an author is teaching the craft and mentoring beginner writers. She enjoys sharing her love for the new frontier, the Civil War, quilting, and antiques; and still believes in the Code of the Old West.I blog the first Tuesday of every month, and sometimes in between, on Petticoats and Pistols, Romancing the West of Yesterday and Today. The blog site is dedicated to the love of western historical romances. Come visit me at https://petticoatsandpistols.com